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From reading other posts in this category, I can see she was using her 16 year old son as an excuse. What 16 year old lad listens to Dolly Parton out loud & is scared to admit to it? NONE. If he was listening to that music, he would have had it turned down or had the earphones on if he had any. My son is 14 & listens to Kanye West & all that kind of music. Rapping & the likes is what kids are into, not Country & Western. I don't agree on the kids being evicted, they should have been placed into temporary Foster Care if they are younger than the 16 year old mentioned in their mums report.

Julie Neale

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Its a shame that she appears unable to emulate her heroin Dolly Parton and work 9 to 5

Kate - Leeds

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The reason why people dont say anything to their noisy neighbours, is not because it doesn't bother them. They don't say anything as they are fearful of repercussions from the culprit. I tell my neighbours often to turn the music down but don't get any help.
So this neighbour was the only one who had any gumption to say her feelings. Whether they are a quiet family or not is irrelevant. We are all entitled to a peaceful life. We shouldn't have to put up with this attitude & fear from other people.
I understand the lad lost his dad & Dolly brings back memories, but there is no need for the high volume. He can grieve in his own room & listen to her all he wants to, without disturbing even his own family, let alone other families too.

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I dont disagree on her choice of music, but I do agree on the punishment. I live in Leeds 11 & have music constantly playing from my neighbours at all hours of the day too. I have a 12 year old daughter who sleeps in her room, where the walls are connected. She is constantly waking up at all hours & having nightmares when they argue & throw stuff about. I can't put my son in that room, as he is in year 11 & would end up failing his G.C.S.E.s if he doesn't get rest. Because both mine & my neighbours property are privately rented, the Enviromental Health wont do a thing. One or both of us has to be a council tenant for me to get any help. The landlord wont do a thing either. I can't afford to move & shouldn't have to as I was here first.

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I work for a different Housing Association in Leeds and often hear tenants saying that they aren't that bad and all the other neighbours love them and call in for cups of tea. Unless we have seen the evidence supplied to the Court, we can't really make a final judgement, but in my experience the Judge would not have ordered possession of the property if the evidence wasn't clear cut. In housing we don't have time to collect evidence and take all the steps to get to Court unless there is no other way of solving the problem. The lady in question said that no-one asked her to turn down the music – I beg to differ; the Judge did and she ignored that.

Chris Allan
Community Respect Manager

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I used to visit a friend on that road weekly and all the time there was music blaring from that house.

It is about time she was evicted, it's just a shame she managed to make her neighbours life hell for so long.

Sarah-lou

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Without witnessing the level of noise personally, it is difficult to know how fair this eviction is. However, anyone having experienced noise nuisance from a neighbour will tell you just how difficult it is to get taken seriously. I suspect it was quite loud to result in the eviction of a family with children. Perhaps the local authorities could tell us precisely why this apparent nuisance was allowed to continue for so long. Surely they are guilty of negligence and owe the neighbours compensation for failing to resolve a persistent breach of the peace affecting their living, sleeping and employment arrangements? Where were the estate management during all of this? The lengths victims of noise nuisance have to go to get matters dealt with these days is a disgrace. If nuisance was nipped in the bud it would save the cost of eviction and noisy neighbours being placed on a merry-go-round free to turn up at another town near you or me and start their behaviour all over again as is currently the case. I doubt if any real lessons are ever going to be learned from this course of action. Legislation and policing needs changing fast as the problem is now deep rooted and part of British culture. Wake up parliament your country is falling apart.
Local MP should make an issue of it or resign as the public deserve better. Pathetic!

Michael, Kirklees

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I am well aware of the reasons that Diane Duffin has finally been evicted from her home, but in my opinion she should have been evicted long ago.

Her constant music for what she blames her son for is actually her, she comes across as a nice lady with problems, and very good at playing oh i'm being victimised, as she says she never fitted in here in the first place, she would have if she'd been half decent. She infact brings these problems on her self. She took great pride in terrorising her neighbours. She was laughing in October sayin "i won i won, what you gonna do now". She had no respect for her neighbours and neither did her children. There were a few neighbours that complained of the noise coming from Diane Duffin's house but they were too scared to come forward, they did infact complain to the council.

Good riddence is what i say!!!

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I dont disagree on her choice of music, but I do agree on the punishment. I live in Leeds 11 & have music constantly playing from my neighbours at all hours of the day too. I have a 12 year old daughter who sleeps in her room, where the walls are connected. She is constantly waking up at all hours & having nightmares when they argue & throw stuff about. I can't put my son in that room, as he is in year 11 & would end up failing his G.C.S.E.s if he doesn't get rest. Because both mine & my neighbours property are privately rented, the Enviromental Health wont do a thing. One or both of us has to be a council tenant for me to get any help. The landlord wont do a thing either. I can't afford to move & shouldn't have to as I was here first.

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She says it wasn't that noisy, where is the consideration for her neighbour?. council was right to evict, people have a right to live in peace, they want loud music use headphones

David Maginnis

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